I haven't done this in a few years, so I'm a little nervous, but here goes. I would appreciate any feedback on the back squat (low bar).

I think these are okay, but I'm wondering if I'm leaning forward a little too much at the bottom. Also, I'm not totally sure where to look. Friends have told me to just to focus on a spot in front of me, but I don't know if there's a specific distance to look.

I added the music as I just discovered I could add music to the video (so you can't hear my breathing and stuff. Also, these are fairly heavy for me (I'm weak I know), so in the second set particularly it is a little difficult for me to stand up. I just mention that so you don't think these are warm-up sets for me.

Dare: I haven't tested my 1RM in a few years - as I had knee surgery (ACL and meniscus) a couple years ago and I've only done back squat for the last month or so since then. Admittedly, I probably had some fear of starting back up again since surgery.

Shawn: As for bar position, this is my low bar position. The bar is resting on my rear delts, which I thought was the position. I feel if I put it any lower I wouldn't be able to hold it in place with my arms. But I"ll look at the videos you reference and compare it to what I'm doing.

I'll post a follow-up video maybe in a few weeks after working on your feedback and see how it looks.

Thanks guys for your comments. Today, I tried moving the bar a little lower. I'll try to get some pictures or videos after I've experimented with it. I eventually want to do high bar back squat as well, but I want to get my overall strength up with the low bar squat for a while.

Thanks guys for your comments. Today, I tried moving the bar a little lower. I'll try to get some pictures or videos after I've experimented with it. I eventually want to do high bar back squat as well, but I want to get my overall strength up with the low bar squat for a while.

Then do high bar now. No sense messing about with low bar. High bar translates better into pretty much every other squatty, olympicy lifty thing. Do whatever feels good to you but you should do an Olympic/high bar squat. Unless you want to be a powerlifter and just want to move as much weight as possible, then do low bar.